NationMaster - Bhutanese Environment statistics

Areas under protection	115	[th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	[th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	153	[th of 178]
(per capita)	149 per 1,000 people	[th of 176]
Ecological footprint	134	[th of 141]
Endangered species protection	134%	[th of 141]
Known breeding bird species	69	[th of 146]
Known mammal species	59	[th of 145]
(per capita)	12 per 1 million people	[th of 145]
Marine fish catch	134 tons	[th of 141]
(per capita)	134 tons per 1,000 people	[th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	134 thousand metric tons/squ	[th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	166	[th of 199]
Protected area	9	[th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	141 thousand metric tons/squ	[th of 141]
Threatened species	58	[th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	36	[th of 160]
Water > Availability	34 thousand cubic metres	[th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	115 mls/litre	[th of 141]
Wildness	84%	[th of 141]

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SOURCES: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; Ecological footprint per capita
Units: Hectares per Person; Percent of CITES reporting requirements met
Units: Percent of Requirements Met
Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.; Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002). Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; NOx emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).; Environmentally protected area (1997); SO2 emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; Number of Threatened Species (1990-99); Number of threatened mammal species (1997); Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation); Phosphorus concentration
Units: Milligrams/Liter
Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.; Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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